The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-09
vent Of Nyphemburg. In Bavaria, and

vent OF NyphemDuyg, IN Bavaria, and
afterward TO Schieswig-H olstein. From
there she was taken 20 Italy, to the Ursu-
line convent at Milan. Later she Travelled
in Italy with Uncle Lundi and Lady
Anna, whose health was falling. They
all came 10 this country. Before they LETT
Uncle Edward came around and babe
them an afIectionatc farewell, ana said
that when he and Sophia Adelaide were
all alone she might call him father" If
she would do So in n whisper.
From this country they went 10 Quito,
the capital of Ecuador, from thence 10
New Orleans. from New Orleans TO Day
ton. O.. where Uncle Lundi was stricken
| down with the cholera. When his physi-
clans assured him that his case was hope.
less he sent for Sophia Adelaide and told
her the secret Of her birth. He had merely
taken charge of the child after his brothers
death, and was in no way responsible for
the criminal part Of the work. In order
10 better protect the friendless girl who
was then ID years old, he sent for n priest
and made her the Countess de Lundi A
few hours after the ceremony he was dead;
and two days later Lady Anna died. Both
We're buried in Dayton.
Sophia Adelaide and her maid then went
10 New Orleans. 10 live in the family Of
Mr.. Pierce. a friend OF the late Count
/ Iundi. While there she received letters
from 'Uncle Edward, " who urged her to
return To England. and assured her OF a
safe retreat" The retreat ala not al
lure her. She wrote "Jncle Edward'
/ that she would prefer To remain In America
for a time. az least. lie grew angry at
her refusal, and after writing her a few
mandatory letters ceased 20 write her
altogether.
Since then she has lived mostly in Eu-
rope. The last eight years Of her life
were spent ina France. I'm Cincinnati the
fOrlOrn princess married a lawyer, whom
she had engaged 10 look after her affairs.
She was subsequently divorced from him,
and, she says. he then married her maid
For a long time. when she wanted
money. She wrote TO the Rev. edward
Bouvcrie. Colehill vicarage. Wiltshire
England. and got IT, he died IN 1910.
John Brown. the queens faithful hench-
man. gave her money from time To- time,
and once when the queen was III John
Brown took sophia Adelaide 90 Windsor
castle. where she stayed all night. but
was sent away iu the morning, because
the queen was better.
After John Brown died she got no more
money. She says she has written TO
Queen Victoria and 20 the Prince OF
Wales. but receives no reply. In Berlin
She felt so forl0rn and abandoned that she
became well nigh desperate. She wrote
to the crown princess and asked 10 be
taken into the royal household as a gov
..r.n..fHf.s trIfIN tVua moi ar.
cepted. In Paris W. Mendes, Of The Gil
Bias newspaper, ANA Lescledc, private see
rotary 90 Nicter Hugo. wrote something
about her. which was suppressed IN Eng
land and Germany. Edmund Yates
spoke guardedly OF her in The London
World. and so did Vanity Fair. The
Paris papers took mp her story and talked
about il extensively. She says she has
been followed and bounded boy detectives
all over Europe. In Paris She was perse-
cuted outrageously. There she was
known as the Comtesse de- Lundi; but
here she uses the nam Of Kent
Mrs. Kent came 20 the United states
last May, and has been busy ever since
preparing her book and engaging % pub
Usher. Her story is written IN the FIRST
person, and. apart from the question of
It's truthfulness. is decidedly interesting
in itself, and quite capable OF engaging
the attention of the public on its own
merits.
She is A. years OF age, has an astonish-
ingly fresh complexion, brown hair and
large. light gray eyes. Nobody could &c
cuse Mrs. Kent Of insanity. She seems TO
have a clear head and good business
Judgment. Her object in coming 10 Amer
lea is TO publish her book, make money
and pay of the debts she was OBLIGED 10
contract ia Paris She had barely enough
funds for her immediate living expenses
when she arrived She lives at a modest
boarding house. She also asserts that
Pope Leo XIII Is in possession of the rec
Ords establishing her story.